The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 77 (2003)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 77 (2003 г.)

The annual global celebration of "Yuri's Night," commemorating the April 1961 flight of Vostok 1, increases in popularity every year. As we enter the second half-century of human spaceflight, it is a time to reflect on the development of global space culture. It began in the 1950's as two distinct cultures--Soviet and American--reflecting the Cold War rivalry that fueled the Space Race. In the intervening decades there has been a blending of these two initial cultures, other nations have added their cultural voices, and the center of the emerging global space culture has shifted. National space cultures have displayed different emphases on science fiction and UFO themes versus devotion to national astronautic accomplishments. These and other factors may be leading cultural indicators of the vigor of national space efforts and their relevance to the global thrust into the final frontier.

The researcher seeks co-researchers with backgrounds in cultural anthropology and musicology with a strong interest in space history. Of particular interest is collaboration with researchers who are familiar with space-themed music from non-English speaking cultures.

At present, the music collection of nearly 1500 tracks is organized chronologically into 100 segments, each approximating the running time of a compact disc (CD), which include voice clips of important events to provide historical context. The play lists are being rolled out incrementally as research continues. Most of the music can be found online and downloaded free of charge. In addition, a library of song lyrics is in development.

This is music to fly to Mars by. If you listened to one hour every day, you would almost be there at the end of this collection!

CD 77

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Космос Space	Елизиум Elizium	2003
2	Telstar	Howlin' Wilson	2003
3	Flying Saucer Rock N Roll	JD and the Chasers	2003
4	Космический Чудак Space Kook	Киоск Kiosk	2003
5	Космонавт Cosmonaut	Люмен Lumen	2003
6	Fly Me to the Moon	Michael Roselli	2003
7	Progress vs. Pettiness	Phenomenauts	2003
8	Гимн УМЦ ''Голицыно'' Anthem UMTs "Golitsyno"	Р. Гуцалюк R. Gutsalyuk	2003
9	Soyuz TMA-3 - In Orbit	Mission Audio	2003
10	Rocketman (live)	Red Elvises	2003
11	To the Moon and Back (Kuta remix)	Savage Garden	2003
12	Space Man	Smash Mouth	2003
13	Rocket Ship	Stark Reality	2003
14	Mercury Man	Steve Ball	2003
15	Lost Satellite	Superstring	2003
16	Планета Planet	T. Love	2003
17	Мы запускаем в космос We Are Launching Into Space	Звери Beasts	2003
18	Satellite Rock	Bill Fadden and the Silvertone Flyers	2003